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What do you call an error caused by code that does not follow the rules of the Python language?
a syntax error
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What do you call an error that causes the code to give incorrect results?
a logic error
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What do you call an error that occurs when a value in a Python statement causes the statement to fail?
a runtime error
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What does the Python interpreter do when it comes upon a runtime error?
creates an exception object
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When does the Python interpreter create an exception object?
when a runtime error occurs
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What type of statement can be used to deal with an exception?
a try/except statement
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What should you put in the first block of the above statement?
any code that might cause a runtime error
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What code should you put in the second block of this statement?
code that deals with the exception
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What happens when an exception is encountered in the
try block
of such a statement?
the interpreter stops running the code in the 1st block and jumps to the code in the 2nd block